Rail-chair



C. MALITCH.

RAIL CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14, 1921.

1 ,390,9 1 9, Patented Sept. 13, 1921.

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CHARLES MALITCH, OF HAMILTON, OHIO.

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To all whom it mayconcern Be it known that I, CHARLES MALITGH, a citizenof the United States, residing at Hamilton, inthe county of Butler andState of Ohio, have invented certain newand useful Improvements inRaiLChairs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention, which generally has reference to that class of rail jointsof boltless construction, more particularly has reference toimprovementsin the particular form of rail chair disclosed in my PatentNo. 958,964, dated May 24, 1910, and primarily my present invention hasfor its purpose to render the construction of the form of the chairdisclosed in my aforesaid patent more economical and more compact, andin Which the means for holding the wooden wedges thatclamp the adjacentfaces ofthe rail Web and thechair, is simplified and yet effects thedesired engagement with the wedges, and which tends to positively holdthe wooden wedges from working loose or working endwise out of theirrail and their clamping adjustments.

hMy present: invention includes in addition to the type of rail chairstructures disclosed in my patent before referred to, a thin steelwedgethat is held transversely of the chair between the abutting ends of therails and which has the cross sectional shape of the rail and whose railweb engaging portion, when the parts are as sembled, extends laterallyfor entering into the opposing wooden wedges, and with which is alsocombined a simple and effective means for holding the steel wedge fromworking upwardly and out from between the adjacent railends. a a a Withother minor objects in view that will appear in the following detaileddecha1r,specifically pointed out in the appended claims and illustratedin the accom panying drawings, in which t Figure 1 is a erspective viewof my 1m proved construction of rail chair.

'Fig. 2 is a horizontal section thereof i taken particularly on theline2-2 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on the line 3&3 on Fig. 2. W

- Fig; 4 is a perspective view of the steel Wedge member h reinafterspecifically redarned-to. i 4 1 Specification of Letters Patent.Patented S t. 13 1921 Application filed June 14, 1921.

Serial No. 477,596.

Fig. is a detail horizontal section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3. i

In the present development of my inven' tion, the chair 2 is reduced toabout 8 inches 1 tioned singlespike 5. The chair 2, in my presentstructure, has the opposite upwardly extending parallelly disposed websQL-Q whose inner faces, as in my patented chair, lie in parallel planes,but are not parallel with the central longitudinal plane of the chair,as a whole, but lie at an angle thereto,

to form wedge faces for cooperating with the wooden tapered keysor wedgeblocks 3-3 whose inner opposing faces are parallel with and engage theweb of the rail,"

as is clearly shown in the drawing.

The base 2 of the chair is chambered as at 2", as stated, to conform toand receive the rail face 1, and the wooden bed plate 4 on which therail ends rest, the several parts being substantially the same as thelike endsshown in my patent referred to. Instead of corrugating theinner faces of the wedge block 3, as in my patented construction, four Vshaped grooves 6 are pro-u vided, one of said grooves Gbeing formed inthe inner face of each end of each of the vertical webs 2 of the chair2and into each ofthese notches or grooves 6, after the several parts thatconstitute my im proved rail chair have been operatively assembled, isdriven a steel tapered pin 60, which issquare in cross section, andwhich pins eat their way into the wooden wedges as they are driven inand they serve to firmly hold the wedges from creepingendwise from theirrail wedging position. scriptionzofmy present constructionof rail Forfurther holding the several parts to their firmly clamped position, athin steel wedge plate 8 is employed, and it has sub-w stantially thecross sectional T shape of the head, and the web of the rail, the headportion of the said plate 8 being, however, of a slightly greater depththan the head portion of the rail to thereby provide cars 81 thatproject below or under the flange edges of the rail head (see Figs. 1and 3) the web portion 82 of the plate 8 being also of a slightlygreater width than the rail weband somewhattapering to thereby cause thelaterally projected edges of the plate 8 to penetrate into the Oppositewooden wedges 3 as the said steel wedge 8 1s driven home and there- 60are"driven into the grooves 6, and the lower opposite ends of the headportion of the wedge constitute ears 81, each of which is apertured andprojects below the opposite under face of the rail head, as shown inFig. '3. a

"The-ears 81 of the plate 8 receive cotter or s lit ins 9 which 0 throuh their re- 21 t) sp'ective ape'rtures and fit under the flanges of thehead of therail'and thereby prevent the; wedge plate 8 from workingloose and being readily 'removed from between the rail ends.

- By roviding this steel wedge adapted to be driven between the adjacentends of the two opposing rail members, a tight closure between the railends is-provided for, as'also a supplemental means for gripping into andholding the wooden wedge members 3-3,

- which means in connection with the key pin -*devices 60 at the outerends'of the chair, and which engage the chair and the wedge blocks 3-3,produce a simple and effective means for holding the wedges to theirdriven position and does away with therelatively expensive clamp screwdevices necessary in my patented construction and WlllCll, 1npraesticei'workloose andbecome'deta ched from :the railchair by thejarring produced by thepassing train.v In my present construction, themeans for holding the wedges tightly up to their rail clamping positiona will not readily becomeloosened or thrown out of operative connectionwith the rail and the wedges or pin fasteners, as the steel 'wedge'operates to positively maintain the said wedge inits proper operativecondition irrespective of any jars or shocks incident .1 durmg thepassing'of trains thereover. From the foregoing description taken inconnection with the drawing, the complete :constructi-on, thelm'anner ofits use and the advantages'of: my present invention will be readily:apparent tothose familiar with railway appliances o'f'the kind to whichmy inavention relatesi rf 1 a '"What l cljaim 'isz k 7 1. A rail jointcomprising in combinatlon,

- a base'adapted' for being spiked onto a tie,

the-said base having a seat, apair of opposinn railendswho'sebaseportions are re- 'ceived inthe chair seat, the chair having parallellyiextending webs 'held in planes at fan angleio'their opposing rail webface,

wooden wedg'efl keys interposed between the chair' andr'ail web races,the opposite inner ends "ofeach ehai-r' web face having a V shapedvertically extending groove and key pins square incross section adaptedfor being driven into the said V shaped groove and topenetrate thewooden wedges and thereby lock them from displacement.

2. In a rail joint, a joint chair comprising abase having a rail basereceiving seat and an upwardly extending web along each of the oppositelongitudinal edges, the opposing faces of the chair webs and theircorresponding rail web faces being angular] y disposed whereby toprovide tapering spaces that extend lengthwise between the chair websand the rails, wooden wedge blocks fitting the said spaces, a steelfiller plate having the cross sectional shape of the rail head and itsweb and adapted to be driven down between the adjacent ends of therails, the web portion of the said plate being of greater width than therail web whereby the opposite edges of the web of the said platepenetrate the opposing wedge blocks as the said plates are driven hometo thereby lock the blocks from movement.

3. In a rail joint, a joint chair comprising a base having a rail basereceiving seat and an upwardly extending web along each of the oppositelongitudinal edges, the opposing faces of the chair webs and theircorresponding rail web faces being angularly disposed whereby to providetapering spaces that extend lengthwise between the chair rail webs andthe rails, wooden wedge blocks fitting the said spaces, a steel fillerplate having the cross sectional shape of the rail head and its web andadapted to be driven down between the adjacent ends of the rails, theweb portion of the said plate being of greater width than the rail webwhereby the opposite edges of the web of the said pate penetrate theopposing wedge blocks and lock them from movement, as the said platesare driven home, and means cooperating with the said plate and the railhead for holding the said plate to its indriven position and againstworking out from between the rail en s.

4:. In a rail joint, a joint chair comprising a base having a rail basereceiving seat and an upwardly extending web along each of the oppositelongitudinal edges, the opposing faces of the chair webs and theircorresponding rail web faces being angularly disposed whereby to providetapering spaces that extend lengthwise between the chair rail webs andthe rails, wooden wedge blocks fitting the said spaces, a steel fillerplate having the cross sectional shape of the rail head and its web'andadapted to be driven down between the adjacent ends of the rails, theweb portion of the said plate being of greater width than the rail webwhereby the opposite edges of the web of the said plate penetrate theopposing wedge blocks and lock them from movement as the said plates aredriven home, the head portion of the said plate being of greater depththan the head portion of the rail to which it is applied whereby earmembers on the plate endent from the under face of the rail anges areprovided the said ear members being each apertured, and split pinsadapted for passing through the apertured ears to lock the plate a ainstbeing pulled upwardly from the rail ead.

5. In a rail joint, a joint chair comprising a base having a rail basereceiving seat, and upwardly extending parallel webs spaced apart whoseinner faces are parallelly disposed to one another and held in planes atan angle to the central vertical longitudinal axis of the chair and theweb of the rail, rails having their ends held in said chair, woodenwedge keys interposed between the chair webs and the rail web to securethe rail immovable, a wooden bed plate in the rail base receiving seatunder the rail ends, means for retaining said wedge keys in place, thesaid means comprising V shaped vertical grooves on the inner face of thechair webs and taperin pins square in cross section adapted for ieingdriven down intothe said grooves to bite into the wooden wedge keys.

CHARLES MALITCH.

